然后后来我去警察局
“Then I went to the police station”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
昨天我们不是在本岛吗
“We were on the main island yesterday, right?”
然后 后来 我去 警察局
“Then I went to the police station”
你好像跟别人打架
“because you seemed to have a fight—”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Doubling temporal connectors like 然后 and 后来 is very common in informal speech while speakers recall dramatic or unexpected occurrences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
and then after that
A highly colloquial, repetitive transition phrase used in rapid spoken Chinese to connect past events.
to go to the police station
Standard phrase used when describing official involvement with law enforcement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then go to the Public Security Bureau.”
“I'll turn myself in at the Public Security Bureau.”
“Come with me to the Public Security Bureau and explain everything clearly!”